The mention of the New World is one of the issues not often mentioned. Many of the Conversos and other expelees from Spain and Portugal ended up there. A century later, the first Jewish inhabitants of New York were refugees from the Spanish colonies.

Despite the presence of the Inquisition, the New World was more amenable to non-Catholic inhabitants simply because they could leave the major settlements and live "out there." Although urban areas are conducive to the development of non-subsistence culture, groups of people living relatively unsupervised could be a lot more freely.